What does mum mean?
Mum means (Commonwealth, Ireland, informal) Mother..
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/mʌm/ · noun
(Commonwealth, Ireland, informal) Mother..
“Mum! Mum!” he shouted out. The laughter stopped. Two bright, sparkling yellow eyes peeped from the hollow. Atop her head were the fluffy ear tufts that his mum was so proud of because they were fuller and lovelier than those of most Great Horned Owls. It was indeed his mum!
2011, Chyna, FAM: Rolling in a London Girl Gang, unnumbered page, He′s looking at my mum, at her swollen eyes, busted nose and bloodied lips. She′s mashed up something chronic, and the man who did this to her is my dad.
From the Marvel Mixmaster to the Miracle Microwave, every time a new-fangled gadget has lobbed into the Aussie kitchen, Aussie mums have changed their cooking styles accordingly.
'Ooh Mum, Auntie don′t allow smokin’ - Pat′s eyes were round with awe as Mum struck a match.
Her mum says that she is deaf and only partially sighted, so I need to go and stand in front of her, so she can see the gift.
I don't know whether that's true or whether New Yorkers are being enjoined from watering the mums in their window boxes or whatever, but I do know that there hasn't been one rain-delay in the whole tournament so far […].
The citizens are mum, and speak not a word.
[Vladimir Putin] has serious climate problems. And he has been mum on his willingness to do anything.
Use mum when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mum means (Commonwealth, Ireland, informal) Mother..
Common synonyms include silent, mama, mater, mom.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
“Mum! Mum!” he shouted out. The laughter stopped. Two bright, sparkling yellow eyes peeped from the hollow. Atop her head were the fluffy ear tufts that his mum was so proud of because they were fuller and lovelier than those of most Great Horned Owls. It was indeed his mum!
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